Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan Modifications: Informational Session for Rhode Island, Southern Massachusetts and LMA3
The Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office is holding informational sessions on the proposed rule to reduce entanglement in trap and pot fisheries for right, humpback, and finback whales.
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We are proposing to amend the regulations implementing the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan to reduce the incidental mortality and serious injury to North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis), fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus), and humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in northeast commercial lobster and crab trap/pot fisheries to meet the goals of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act.
We are holding informational sessions to give the public an opportunity to learn about the proposed rule before providing comments at a later date during our public hearing sessions.This session will be focused on the proposed requirements for Rhode Island, Southern Massachusetts, and LMA3 though all may attend.
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Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan